Intro

Linguaphone Connect is a service proposed by Linguaphone, in conjunction with instructor-led language classes. This platform was developed by an international team of pluridisciplinary media and video game specialists, along with instructors and cognitive scientists, and revolutionizes language-learning with a fun and efficient pedagogical approach.

- Video Boosters: over 1500 video-based lessons created by language teachers, all based on authentic content like current and recent clips from films, TV series, television news, music videos and documentaries...
- Photo Vocabs: gamified visual dictionaries covering 400 topics, to help expand vocabulary in specific areas
- Starter Labs: a guided course of 20 animation-based lessons to get started on the right foot in learning a new language.
- Skill Boosters: a collection of 33 lessons based on videos created by YouTubers, to help learners handle real-life everyday language situations with confidence.

These different types of learning units bring video and games together in an immersive and engaging experience. They are designed to encourage short, daily practice sessions, and are especially designed for teenagers and young adults registered in an educational institution, producing an innovative learning experience providing both linguistic and cultural immersion in the language being learned.

Linguaphone Connect offers the opportunity to take adaptive Assessment Tests, calibrated to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Good to know: Linguaphone Connect has a responsive site design, meaning it can be used on any kind of connected device (desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile phone).

Authentic video (clips from films, TV series, television news, music videos...) directly appeals to the emotions of the student, thus unlocking the condition for effective learning. New video-based learning units on Linguaphone Connect are published on a weekly basis, thus staying current with news and trends as reflected to students by their environment and by social media. This relevance is why students prefer authentic videos to those produced to artificially re-create language situations.

Our approach provides cultural as well as linguistic immersion. Besides the linguistic advantage, authentic videos offer a rich learning experience in the context of the cultural and social norms of a language, both general (applicable to all countries speaking the language), and specific (applicable to a particular region or register of the language). This reinforces the idea that mastering a language is not just mastering the lexis and syntax, but also other cultural and societal aspects of the language.

Since creators of entertainment video strive to depict a language as it is actually and naturally spoken in everyday life (accent, speed of speech, choice of words), the authentic videos on Linguaphone Connect help students become familiar with the cadences, prosody and varied registers they will encounter in the language. Consolidated with well-structured exercises, this approach helps students accept that one need not understand every word or expression in a dialogue to derive meaning from it and construct communication.

Linguaphone Connect not only enables you to learn or improve in a foreign language autonomously and effectively; it also adapts to your level and your interests. To get you started, your online "coach" will recomment relevant activities to familiarise you with the various types of learning activities. An Assessment Test, evaluating your proficiency level in a language according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL), can be taken when you start and then again every 10 000 points that you accumulate, so you can track your progress.

Linguaphone Connect is published by Entertainment Learning, an international EdTech company dedicated to creating innovative online language learning platforms designed to motivate and engage language learners. Our pedagogical approach has a focus on authentic content, short but highly interactive learning sessions, a gamified learning ecosystem, and the encouragement of effort and frequency.

Every effort has been made to make Linguaphone Connect inclusive; using the Accessibility menu, you can adjust the mode and font of the site. It's a fact that differents fonts can improve learning outcomes for dyslexic students, for example.

Established in 2001 by the Council of Europe, the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL) defines the levels of mastery of a foreign language based on knowledge in five different domains of competence. The CEFRL highly detailed, yet it can be applied to a wide range of languages. The levels range from beginner (A1) to advanced (C2). Today, these levels serve as reference points in language learning and teaching in many countries. In France, the CEFRL has been adopted in the Education Code for teaching languages to, and in assessing the foreign language skills of, students in schools, secondary education and universities.

As a general rule, the French Ministry of Education expects that at the end of junior secondary (e.g. Middle) school, a student should have at least an A2 level in two modern languages. At the end of senior secondary school, a student should have attained B2 level in modern language 1 and B1 level in modern language 2.